Senate standoff: GOP confirms deal with Schumer to save Trump's coveted appeals judges

FIRST ON FOX: Senate Democrats and Republicans struck a late-night deal on legislative and confirmation votes Wednesday, which saw President-elect Donald Trump appoint four key appeals court judges for his second administration.

As the leader of the Senate Majority, Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., trying to pass as many decisions of President Biden as possible, the Republicans in the upper chamber worked to delay this process by using the following methods, causing many nights.

At midnight Wednesday, the parties reached a deal that would allow Democrats to hold votes on four district court judges to remove four Supreme Court nominees, a senior Senate source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.

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These four vacancies will now be Trump's to fill, according to the agreement.

“The Senate has reached an agreement to file four nominations tonight and have three more votes tomorrow,” Schumer's office said at around 11:00 p.m.

A senior source told Fox News Digital that Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., were both key figures in securing the midnight deal.

Schumer's office and the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., did not immediately comment to Fox News Digital.

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The agreement was largely inspired by the Senate's descent, which was initiated by the Republicans following the procedure on Monday night, which was led by. Senate Minerals Whip John Thune, RS.D.who was recently chosen as the next leader of the Republican Senate. The delay strategy came as a result of Schumer's efforts to stick more legislative confirmation votes on the calendar before the Thanksgiving holiday.

“If Sen. Schumer thought that Senate Republicans would just allow him to quickly confirm more of the judges appointed by Biden to serve for life in the final weeks of the Democratic majority, he thought it was wrong,” Thune told Fox News Digital in an exclusive statement. the time.

The agreement was largely inspired by the Senate's descent into proceedings initiated by Republicans on Monday night, which was led by Senate Minerals Whip John Thune. (Reuters)

Opposing requests for unanimous approval by Democrats to apply to Biden's nominees, Republicans are adding more votes to the process, taking more time and forcing lawmakers to spend the night in the Capitol.

A source told Fox News Digital that the new deal doesn't mean Republicans will let Biden's district judge pass unchallenged. GOP senators are still expected to fight and vote for Democrat-appointed judges as they have done throughout Biden's tenure.

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Before Trump takes office and a new congressional term begins in January with a Republican majority in the Senate, Democrats are in a race to finish as many of President Biden's nominations as possible. As of Wednesday night, Biden's judge confirmation count has risen to 220 — trailing Trump's 234 confirmed Article III judges during his first term.

Schumer's efforts to quickly pressure Biden's justices during the duck session have already angered Trump.

Sen. Chuck Schumer speaks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on September 24, 2024 in Washington, DC (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

He recently took to social media to call for a freeze on court confirmations for the rest of the session, writing on social media Wednesday, “The Democrats are trying to pack the courts with leftist judges on their way out the door. we need to Show Up and Hold the Line – No more confirmed judges before Inauguration Day!”

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“During his first term, President Trump appointed constitutional judges who interpreted the law as written. He will do so again,” Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the Trump-Vance transition, told Fox News Digital in a statement last week.